Career Guidance and Counselling | SkillsFuture CET Course

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Career Guidance and Counselling (COU256)

Synopsis

This course is designed to help students recognise the evolving career needs of students and adult workers, and prepares them to conduct career guidance and development activities suitable for their clients. The course will present theories of career development to help students understand how individuals make career choices and their vocational behaviours. It will also discuss issues related to job loss and career development, and application of different theoretical frameworks and techniques when counselling clients on career planning and management.

Level: 2
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY JULY
E-Learning: BLENDED - Learning is done MAINLY online using interactive study materials in Canvas. Students receive guidance and support from online instructors via discussion forums and emails. This is supplemented with SOME face-to-face sessions. If the course has an exam component, this will be administered on-campus.

Topics

Goals of Career Guidance and Counselling
Relevance of career guidance in 21st Century Singapore
Sectors in Singapore where career guidance and development activities would be required
Career Planning Process
Understanding how individuals make career decisions, and vocational behaviour
Traits-oriented theories
Use of online career assessment tool based on Holland’s Theory
Developmental Theories
Krumboltz’s Learning Theory for Career Counselling
Krumboltz’s Happenstance Approach
Compare and contrast Traits-oreinted Theories and Developmental Theories
Administration of career assessment tools to facilitate clients’ self-awareness
Impact of job loss
Adult career needs
Challenges of adult career transition
Career guidance and counselling activities in work settings
Career guidance in school settings
Activities that would be helpful for clients’ career education
Schemes in Singapore to help individuals in career development

Learning Outcome

Give reasons for the importance of career guidance and development in the 21st century workplace.
Demonstrate understanding of different career development theories and theoretical frameworks.
Explain career decision- making process using different career counselling theories.
Outline the career planning processes at different stages of the life span.
Comment on issues related to the impact of job loss, career transition and career development at workplace.
Discuss career guidance and development activities for use in different sectors of Singapore’s population.
Appraise different career decision-making processes.
Interpret vocational behaviours based on career development theories and frameworks.
Demonstrate use of common assessment tools and understanding of suitable activities for career guidance and counselling.
Apply knowledge and skills learnt to identify individual client’s career needs, and to provide career guidance assistance according to their needs.
Discuss relevant resources available to facilitate career development of Singaporean workers.